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A counterproductive need to mess
One of the click bait driven websites ran a story this morning in which the opening line was “Things are falling apart down in Kerry”. They hardly are. The only certainties in life are death, taxes and Kerry winning All Irelands. Reference was being made to the fact that two more Kingdom starlets, Daniel Kirby…
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Selections for Killarney – Aug. 21st 2026
5.12: BELICOSO (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.47: IAMIMMACULATE (SHANE FOLEY/GER O’LEARY) 6.20: CAROLINA JETSTREAM (WAYNE LORDAN/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 6.50: GLITTER AND GLORY – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.20: SIR JEREMY – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/NOEL MEADE) 7.50: LADY PLIMSOLL (REESE HOULIHAN (4*)/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 8.20: RAGMAN’S CORNER (FINNY MAGUIRE/GERRY KEANE)
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Aug. 21st 2026
4.56: KIMI DE MAI (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.32: MINO DES MOTTES (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.05: EMESTERAYE – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 6.35: DAD SEZ (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.05: BROKEN ICE – EW – (ALEX HARVEY/JOHN MCCONNELL) 7.35: CHARLIE LUCIANO – EW – (DAIRE MCGILL (7)/NOEL MEADE) 8.05: HILL SILVER (DAIRE MCGILL (7)/CIARAN MURPHY)
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Selections for Leopardstown – Aug. 20th 2026
4.56: SO LOVELY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.27: SOVEREIGNS JOY – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/NATALIA LUPINI) 6.00: BEAR RIGHT (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 6.30: ABBOTSFORD (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 7.00: PAVILLION END – EW – (DECLAN MCDONOGH/CHARLES O’BRIEN) 7.30: PORT ARTHUR – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/MICHAEL GRASSICK) 8.00: TACHOS – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD)
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Selections for Killarney – Aug. 20th 2026
4.35: HARMANI (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.08: GINO BELLO – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/PAT FOLEY) 5.43: DIAMOND DU BERLAIS (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.13: BALLYSTONE – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (3)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.45: TROPICAL IMAGE – EW – (GARY NOONAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 7.15: ILLTAKEHIMMYSELF – EW – (CAL HOGAN (5)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 7.45: BALLYBRITTAS – EW – (SHANE…
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Manchester United full Fixture List for 2026/’27 Season
https://www.manutd.com/en/matches/mens-team/fixtures
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Premier League opening weekend Fixtures 2026/’27
Defending Champions Arsenal get the new season underway on Friday night, taking on newly promoted Coventry City as Frank Lampard also returns as a top flight manager. https://www.premierleague.com/en/matches/premier-league/2026-27/matchweek-1#:~:text=Live%20blog,Chelsea
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Selections for Sligo – Aug. 19th 2026
5.07: COTSWOLD BLUE (PADDY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.42: TASMANIAN GIRL (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 6.17: KISUTON ENKI (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.48: GEORGINA’S JET – EW – (JACK GILLIGAN (5)/PAUL GILLIGAN) 7.18: MIDNIGHT EAGLE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.48: SALLAP – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/SAM CURLING) 8.18: RUN FOR FUN (PADDY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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There’s back handed comfort but mostly frustration in knowing it’s not just us
In conversation with a publican friend of mine in Co Longford over the weekend, maybe naturally, talk drifted to the multiple tragedies which had occurred during the past week. Besides the unspeakable grief and heartache which those effected have been left to navigate forever more, the point was made that we Irish and rural Ireland…
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Selections for Roscommon – Aug. 18th 2026
5.10: KAKORI – EW – (JULIAN PIETROPAOLO (4*)/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.45: CASHEL QUEEN – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (5)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.05: ORISTOWN BOY – EW – (RORY MULLIGAN (5)/JOE MURRAY) 6.45: STOOKED (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 7.15: EARLS – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.45: ALMAZAAN (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 8.15: LADY PLIMSOLL (JAMIE POWELL/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN)
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